Hosed

//həʊzd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of hose form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing hose. not-comparable

    "Satins and silks and hoséd legs they shew; / Rich streams of cane-distilled nepenthe flow."

  2. 2
    Ruined, messed up.

    "“Weʼre having some internal communication issues. In fact, weʼre pretty hosed at the moment.”"

Synonyms

All synonyms
befuddledbesottedbibulousblind drunkblottobosky

Antonyms

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sober

Example

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"I had a nice collection of Soviet magazines in Cyrillic, with prominent red colouring. They got waterlogged when firemen hosed the fire in my house in 1985."

Related phrases

home and hosedmessed up

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